The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

As a young woman, Rosa moved to Montgomery, Alabama, to live with her husband, Raymond Parks. Raymond was a barber and an active member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored ...

Rosa Parks, age 42, was commuting home from her ... an adviser to the organization’s youth council, where she helped young Black people to register to vote. Three Black riders gave up their ...

Neither did Rosa Parks. They both fought to change what wasn’t fair. Emily Davison was born in London in 1872. She worked as a teacher when she was a young woman. At that time, women weren't ...